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was the bull's-eye of this storm. pat? >> he has his ruler. >> reporter: last year i got a brand-new snow stick. it's bright, it's blue, it's got my name on it. on one side it has the markings for all the big storms we've had in washington. i got it last year. i never had a chance to use it. it never snowed. fively something to measure. welcome to calvert county. this is the frozen tundra. calvert county style. billowy snow clouds floating across farmland, remnants of a winter weather event. it almost seems upsidedown. people south of washington got much more snow than we did. don't get me wrong, it wasn't a blizzard or a whiteout, but it
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was measurable, and measuring snow is what we're all about. two inches. two inches here in maryland. >> that's right. >> reporter: that's sam buckmaster. he lives in the bowens section of calvert county. what's the most you've seen? >> 50 inches. >> reporter: oh, my goods in. you like the snow? >> used to when i was younger. now that i'm a little older, it can go away. >> reporter: >> reporter: i'm here with sherrill kelly. i've got the snow stick, she's got the shovel, thiis her driveway. this could take all day. >> reporter: you want more? >> lots more. >> reporter: keep it coming? >> that's right. >> reporter: because of the snow, schools were closed in
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calvert county. school closed it's just hard to imagine what kind of excitement that brings to a kid's face. >> no school, no school, no school. >> snow as magical powers. it closes schools and transforms ordinary fields and backyards into wonderlands of play. that ride on that saucer, even down the smallest of hills -- is that fun, alexis? >> yeah, it's fun. >> reporter: it's a smile maker. >> coming up at 6:00, marley's first snowstorm. boy, did this 2 1/2-year-old take advantage. you'll want to see it. >> good to see that stick lack. >> what also puts a smile on our face is when we get to hear
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veronica's forecast. let's take it again. >> thanks a lot, guys. yeah, this time will come during the afternoon and evening rush. it will start around 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. tomorrow, it's not going to enuntil 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. some of that light snow could continue as late as midnight. it will be light and powdery. we'll see 1 to 2 inches. slightly higher amounts near the bay, but during the overnight, of course the big problem will be the refreeze that takes place. we don't have anything to report. temperatures will be staying low. the highs tomorrow will be right around where we are right now. so drop into the teens, going to the 20s, the snow comes back into our area.
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we'll talk about that, and something they put smiles on some folks' faces if they're looking for a warm-up. thanks, von ko. only about 2 inches of snow fell there. the main roads had been salted and plowed before 6:00. some public schools were closed, leaves to a lot of people playing in the snow. there's those snowplows. . next round of snow has some people worried tonight. virginia's department of transportation selling snowplows won't come through neighbors and side streets unless there is 2 or more inches on the ground. adam tuss is live in falls church, where this morning's snow is still around. it stuck, adam. >> reporter: that's right. a lot of snow that fell, it's still on the ground, starting to get a glassy sheen as the weather dropping tonight.
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the weather handle allowed any of it to smelt today. vdot is telling us if your secondary road looks like this, there's a good chance a snowplow is not coming. as the wind blows, back roads, smaller second tear roads, and cul-de-sacs sit and literally chill, brushing off the car, the first step before heading out to the store to pick up a shove of all things. >> two of them locked in the shed. >> reporter: you can't get to the snow shovel? >> knolls. >> reporter: you have to go to the store? >> right. >> reporter: vdot maintains most of the roads and says the storm wasn't get enough to send plows down ever road. >> the policy is we don't plow into subdivisions unless you have 2isms or more. >> reporter: because resources are limited, vdot focused on the main road. >> if we went into subdivisions every time with an inch or so,
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it just wouldn't be cost-effective. >> reporter: they may not get to every back street. that doesn't mean there aren't plows available. chris is an individual plow driver. his company has been getting calls from all over. >> i've handling a icy spot in woodbridge. >> reporter: you've got to go sand it, salt it. >> yeah, i've got to meet the owner of the company, and he'll show me where to go. >> reporter: sidewalks bess swept, turning a lot of what's on the ground into ice, with the potential for more winter weather tomorrow, some have tips. >> slow. drive slow. don't switch lanes, and be sensible, and take a deep breath. be patient. >> reporter: back here live on tyler avenue in falls church, now vdot is telling us about the potential for tomorrow. whatever errands you have to run, do them now. adam tuss, news4.
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here's a look at some snow pictures from our viewers, if you have a snow photo, send it to us. tweet them to us at nbc washington or use inns that gram with the hashtag dcgram. we have breaking news on the murder. we now the names of two teenagers under arrest in the death of marcus antonio jones, that was the sophomore at friendly high school who was gunned down over the weekend. a 19-year-old kwante fisher is also arrested. police say the violence was gang related. a woman's in critical condition tonight after a fire tears through her prince george's county home. the blaze brought out this morning here at the home in the 3500 block of everest drive in temple hills. firefights found the victim
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inside. they say she wasn't breathing. after performs cpr, she was rushed to the hospital. we'll have a live report in our next half hour when neighbors speak out about the victim and her close ties to the community. a developing story at dulles international. two united airlines planes clipped wings. federal and i have yay officials tell us they're confirming right now that an arriving plane was pulling up to the gait, gait c-12, when it clipped a plane parked at an adjacent gate. passengers arriving from brussels got off and we are taken to customs. there were no reports of injuries. officials are inspecting the planes for any damage. when is it going to be enough? i'm tifrd -- >> a protester interrupting the testimony of senator john kerry
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in his bid to become the next secretary of state. it was one of the only problems in several hours of testimony in front of the senate foreign relations committee, but iran was one of the big issue that is senator kerry addressed today. here is what he said about keeping that country from getting nuke regard weapons. >> we will do what we must do to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. our policy is not containment, it is prevention. >> he was introduced today by hillary clinton and senator john mccain. he is expected to be confirmed by the full senate next week. a group of democratic lawmakers introduced a bill today to ban more than 150 assault rifles and semiautomatic weapons. the killings at sandy hook
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elementary school in connecticut spurred this new effort. bill's sponsors dianne feinstein. she says it includes an exception for 2,000 sports weapon. the nra says the second amendment forbids any weapons ban. students from the catholic university began gearing up for tomorrow's march for life rally. the annual demonstration begins on the national mall at noon on friday, continues with a march to the steps of the supreme court. march organizers expect an even larger crowd than last year when 4,000 showed up. if you're going to be around the national mall, expect a traffic jam. several streets will be closed from as far west as 12th street east of the capitol, north to f street. all of these closures will be in effect by noon. some streets won't reopen until about 6:00 tomorrow night. the secretary of the interior is getting behind the
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effort to preserve the national mall. ken sal czar issued a order aimed at protecting the recent improvements to the mall. it includes the major rehabilitation project that's currentlyficf go o new grainage and irrigation system is being installed. it also covered the turf replacement that's been going on between 7:00 and 14th streets. it's now mandatory for event organizers to prove they have the funds to replace any turf that's damaged. some drivers are seeing red. that's because the traffic cameras that catch you running a red light now we may have found out if the cameras really help or if it's just another money maker. forget the traffic lights, someone is taken on a road challenge not for the inexperienced driver. plus the pentagon makes it official, lifting
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it's a leone panetta says it will strongen our nation's military.
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today he signed an order lifting the ban on women serving in combat. he says women will have to make the same qualifications, and everyone should have the chance itches committing ourselves to that principle, we are renewing our commitment to the american values or service members fight and die to defend. at 200,000 members, women currently make up about 15% of the military's forces. today the nation's largest veterans organization weighed in on the pentagon's decision as news4's jackie bensen reports, the decision is receiving so far combat theater now it's official. >> verna jones is the face of a changing american legion, but the official message on women in combat role reflects the generations of its membership. >> what we don't want to see is they lower any physical or
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mental requirements. do that, i her in harm's way. we certainly want all of our troops to be safe and out of harm's way as much as possible. if a woman can meet those requirements, then she certainly should have the opportunity to serve her country and help protect america. protect america. >> the groundbreaking decision panetta comes among several high-profile lawsuits challenging the bans. womenf
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>> reporter:ia27he 9j cf1 o serve where you can sometimes prepare for a couple days. here we go again, folks. one area that -- you know, the ski resorts, of course they have that big snow starting with sandy. this is snowshoe best virginia. they got that fresh powder. this is dry, fluffy type of snow that came in. in fact overnight they picked up 8, and they could see another 8 to 9 inches of snowfall friday night/saturday morning. as k08d as it's been, it's been easy to make snow. we certainly made some around here last night.
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mother nature giving us a trace to an inch of no pretty much in this area of blue, areas around winchester, annapolis right around an inch, then the slightly higher amounts. cull peppers. one of the higher spots there, 5 inches of new snowfall. 27 degrees your temperature. from zero to minus 1, so when we make that snow, it's -- you know, it just takes a bit of liquid to make a lot of snow in this cold air. we're going to do it about starting about 2:00, 3:00 tomorrow. the temperatures in the 20s right now. still breezy, the windchill some ten degrees lower, in the teens for the entire area. on radar storm team 4, nothing going on. look at this, dry on your goodnight wake-up forecast. we'll focus on the light spots,
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the light winds that will allow the temperatures to drop down. now one, but two storms that will come very close to us tomorrow. here's d.c., there's your area of low pressure, chicago, nashville, that is where the storms are coming from. fast-moving storms, by friday, 3:00, here we go, there's the snow. watch it push through, get it out of here, around 9:00, 10:00, it's gone. we'll be left with around 1, 2, slightly higher amounts, maybe 2 inches of snow around gaithersburg. sunshine back on saturday, cold during the afternoon. so as far as snowfall goes in your neighborhood, let's look at that snowfall forecast real quick. 1 to 2 inches here. areas around lexington, annapolis, slightly higher amounts. but generally 1 to 2 in, with areas west of the blue ridge getting more.
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team from the university of michigan back in the early '90s. >> dan hellie is here with our own version at the high school level. >> it's cool to see where these guys are now compared to back in the day. it was a reunion recently. five alums, all back in town visiting -- they were sprinkled throughout the gym. quinn cook and victor oledifo have known each other since elementary school. he's the starting guard for
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duke. and a star at indiana, a team also ranked number one in the nation. james robinson is starting at pitt as a freshman. then there are the grant brothers, jeremy is a freshman developing quickly for third-ranked syracuse. big brother jerrion is notre dame's second leading scorer, also raechked in the top 25. you throw in josh sellby, already playing in the nba, and this team from '09 is the best collection of high school basketball talent the d.c. area has seen this years. >> we talked about while we were real, a surreal feeling to see guys you worked hard for with, to see them reach their goals. >> i get excited. i get to talk about how all these guys from my high school are like, what has your high school done? i get to talk about it. it's exciting. >> reporter: the hardest question for all of they guys,
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who is the best player from that 2009 team. >> i don't even know. we're all pretty good. we all complement each other well. >> it's hard to say. there's a lot of great players. it's hard to say. >> you're not going to ask my question? >> no. grant did a -- i thought he did a great job of coming here at a young age being a young leader. james robinson did a great job of being young, coming in, being a great defender, and moo, he's a freak. when i first met him, he was a little guy, now he's towering over me. >> reporter: if you're truly looking for the best of the bunch right now oladifo is projected as a first-round draft pick. vick might be the best dunker in the country. while not as flashy, grant is also an nba prospect. if you're looking for the most important player from that loaded '09 squad, jerrion grant is had it.
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>> he was the glue guy, that's all i can. not just from a scoring standpoint, coach relied on him to lead us in my junior year. myself, jeremy, i think jerri opt n kept us together. >> reporter: the stack continuing their basketball dominance. that team also had a player by the name of naji hibbard who transferred to gardner webb, so eight big-time d-1 players on one team. all said and done, they could realistically be four nba players from that team. pretty amazing. we're going to go more in depth on quinn cook and victor oladipo in a couple weeks. so those guys are doing well. >> very cool. thanks, dan. we continue to follow a developing story tonight.
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news4 first on the scene of a devastating house fire. we continue to learn more about the woman who was rescued from the fire. we found out she made history in prince george's county. we'll tell you about her. plus a new report just released today, calls into question how rape cases are hasn't handled in the district. tonight i'll speak with the police chief about it. >> i don't want it to send a chilling effect to undo all the things we have done to get young women largely to report to us.
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and welcome back, everybody. storm team 4 veronica johnson right here preparing for icy conditions during the overnight period. that will be the case on any untreated roads icing up. look at those temperatures. 27 in bening, fort belvoir, too. also over in prips georges county. the hometown forecast, watch the numbers drop by 11:00, 11:30. a windchill of 11 degrees, they're dry tomorrow morning, and there's your snow at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. accumulation, yes, we'll talk more about how much coming up in a few minutes. and to fast-forward through the headlines, folks in our area have brushed and shoveled away the biggest snow of the season so far.
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start county and very, very have already made the call for tomorrow. the death of a 16-year-old in prince george's county this weekend was gang related. police have arrested two teenagers for the murder of marcus jones, shot to death outside a party saturday night. the suspects in custody, 17-year-old aquille, and they are looking for a third suspect. wrim are a step closer to serving on the front lines. secretary leone panetta ended the ban. women who do want to serve will have to meet the same strength standards. a woman is in critical condition after a fire rips through her home. pretty george county bureau's treatment, where we are learning more about this victim. >> let me show you here, this is where they think the fire
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started, in that front bedroom area. i can tell you that an entire community, these folks are worried about this woman, from here to annapolis. she is a legend in prince george's county and maryland state politics. prince george's county firefighters rushed the victim of a morning fire to shock trauma after she was discovered lifeless. >> my hard went out. my first thought was my god, miss jones. >> they thought 83-year-old christine jones was not at home at the time, because her car wasn't in the driveway. a search by firefighters revealed he was instead inside. >> she was found to be not breathing, no pulse. par medics transported her. while at the hospital, she did regain a pulse, however remains in extremely critical condition. >> i hope she's already in the
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hospital, and i'm praying for her. >> reporter: jones is a former maryland state delegate, the first african-american to represent prince george's county in the general assembly. >> my main concern is miss jones. that's the only thing i worry about, she's just like a mother to me. >> reporter: again at this point she's still in critical condition. as i said, folks from annapolis to prince georges county are in prayer for the former delegate. we'll hear at 6:00 from these folks who are worried about how she's doing tonight. some ten river dale businesses are still without water this evening after the 12-inch water main break. w system sc spokesperson said crews are currently working at the. a couple lanes of traffic are closed in both direction. a virginia student charged
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in a hoax that had police swrming a college campus searching for a gunman. last night, the campus was on lockdown for about an hour and a half. a student reported seeing someone with a gun on campus in the southwestern virginia part. bryant hairston, a schooling major is charged with making a false report. virginia state police say he confessed. he is accused of misyew maryland's taxpayers money and having the security details drive him around for sectionium encounters. but we didn't hear that from the witness stand today in the trial of anne arundel county executive john leopold. derrick ward is live, where the defense got started today. derrick? >> what we did hear from the first witness is how there was no procedure written out about what the security detail could and couldn't do. that could have instead helped the defense. we did hear other evidence from the same witness and others that
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give the appearance of bun untoward. >> first on the stand today, tim hi phelan, he supervised executive security detail testified he requested transfer out of the job, because it was too stressful. he was kept on on a part-time basis, driving leopold to weekend events, appointments and lunch tess double t diener and golden corral on weekends. he did not testify about ferrying him to sexual trips. that came from other officers earlier in the trial as well as county employees, who say they were afraid to say no to leopold. also in the courtroom but only as a spectator, a woman with more than a passing interest. >> the testimony is so indicative of how this man victimizes everyone. >> she was the county spokeswoman in 2007 and 2008. she's suing him for sexual harassment. >> people's dignity has been
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violated in serving him and out of fear. >> in further testimony, officer phelan until crocks said he was never called upon to empty the catheter bag as others testified they were. he testified they always had campaign signs and one told him to put them up, but rescinded the question over concern that he shouldn't be doing that. the defense elicited testimony to there wasn't much in the way of guidelines. judge dennis sweeney will be deciding his guilt or innocence as well as sentence, and he could get up to five years in prison. now, sweeney has that leeway, because leopold offed for a bench trial. intricacies of the law could have more play than they normally do. however, the outcome, the county executive may not emerge
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unscathed. there's also a call for his resignation in an editorial in "the washington post" this morning. we're live in annapolis, derrick ward, news4. virginia governor bob mcdonald paid a visit to pitch his transportation plan. part would eliminate the commonwealth's 17.5 cent a gallon tack in favor of a slight increase in the sales tax. a poll shows 63% of residents like the idea. >> honestly, it sounds pretty good. if it's going to raise overall revenue, you might as well increase the sales tax by a bit and lower the burden at the gas pump. >> it's a lot of money, he says the plan will raise more than $3 billion for virginia's transportation projects over the next five years. julie carey will have more on why the governor thinks his proposal is the only one that will pass the general assembly. again that's coming up right here at 6:00 tonight.
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well, most people don't like it, but the red light cameras are working. why it's not all about making money on drivers who are breaking the law. a police officer's murder trial continues in culpepper. we'll learn what happened when two winces to the shooting took
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a new report out tonight is
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challenging how d.c. police have handled some sex assault cases over a three-year period ending in 2011. police chief kathy lanier has already called for the justice department to review cases being questioned, but she says the report by this group is flawed, and ignores recent improvements. the group challenges mishandling and mistreatment of cases. >> this was an alarming number to thing that people who would put themselves an invase iive - was not documented. >> i think it's important important there be an independent -- that unfettered access to all of our sensitive documents, that we can't always make available to private -- paint a pictures of the state of affairs on how we handle
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sectionium assault cases. we'll hear from a nurse who says she is witnessed mishandling of cases. and enhanced and new methods to help victims. tonight there is a firestorm over the foot long. yes, the one that the subway sandwich company makes and advertises. why some foot long fans are headed to court. or morning rush already dry but icy in spot, the afternoon, evening rush filled with more snowfall. here's what we're talking about. more about this map, snowfall, and what your neighborhood could get next.
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some people think backing out of their own driveway is a pain. a man in northern turkey, take a look, he wants to keep his car in reverse for a much longer distance. that's a cliff over there. he's trying to break the guinness world record for driving backwards on tough roads. right now he says he can go for about 18 miles. according to folks, the current record was said in 2008 when a man reversed a truck nearly 40 miles nonstop. my neck is sore just watching that. >> you won't get a speeding tick when you drive backwards like that. a lot of drivers may not like the tickets. >> a new traffic study in arlington reaffirms findings that the red light cameras do
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reduce violations. tom sherwood has the study's findings. >> you're supposed to many to at stoplight, but many don't. the camera is out to catch thismt. flashes from red light cameras tell the tale. many vehicles speed through. >> it makes sense that the longer after the light has turned red you return it, the more likely you are to have a crash. ann mccart is with the insurance institute for highway saif. she says a year-long study found violations and crashes dropped dramatically, as much as 48 to 86%, about 550 jurisdictions in the washington areas and nation wide use red light cameras. >> when people think they're going to get a ticket, they'll obey the law. nobody lights getting a ticket. >> one of the intersections -- >> i say help in terms of
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safety, makes people more aware of the surroundings. the possibility -- red like camera makes you more alert. >> i don't have an sure with the cameras. i think they're useful. >> it really does save people. if it is working, i think that's great. even as a driver, it does caution me. >> but don't the red light cameras raise money. or cause more wrecks. the insurance institute says no. >> the goal of any -- is to reduce violation, not to issue tickets. it's really about the safety. >> of course, the one sure way not to get a ticket -- don't run the light. >> easier said than done. thank you, tom. the future looks good for fortune tellers. the city has voted to lift the ban on fortunetelling
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businesses, all according to "the gazette." law once prohibited all fortune-telling practices. however, gaithersburg's city code had its own form of the ban. that remained in effect. the process to lift that in gaithersburg took several months to complete, but it's been done. it's that time of year when the bills from all that holiday shopping start arriving in your mailbox. >> yes, they they do, but don't delay in paying them. liz crenshaw has a warning on how one late payment can affect your entire financial life. >> jim, wendy, this one surprised me. it doesn't take much to ding crier credit. bad news bills, putting off payments, can really cost you. >> i have spent years building my credit and being reliable and depend able and a conscientious consumer. >> but for daria, it only took one late bill to damage her
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credit. >> i bought $51 worth of clothes. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> she bought a dress to wear to her mother's funeral. they offered a discount if she opened a new credit card. sounded good. the problem -- >> i never received a bill. >> reporter: she never received a bill because of a mix-up on hurl ades, and she never thought about it until she got a notice in the mail. >> i got a letter from a credit card company saying that my credit limit had been dropped. >> reporter: the reason? she was 60 days late on the bill she never received. her line of credit went from $11,800 to $3500. and her credit score took a bit hit, went from 714 to 651. >> to have this happen in the -- really in a matter of a few weeks is amazing. >> if you miss a payment by as little as 30 days, you could well find that information will be reported almost immediately to the credit reporting
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agencies. >> chuck heart rumsfeld, acting director of the bureau of consumers protects with the federal trade commission warns that credit card and credit reporting industry are tightly integrated. >> it affects far more parts of your life than i think most of us understand or appreciate. harwood -- pay off the balance each month, if you can, or at least pay something. if you get behind on a bill, call the credit card company, and let it know you're in the process of fixing the problem. finally, don't open more credit than you need. >> keep track of all the credit you have oped. if for some reason you do not get a bill, contact the credit card company immediately. >> consumers have the right to check their credit records for free. annual credit report.com allows you to obtain a report from each of the reporting bureaus every year. >> consumers should still take the initiative to check on errors, and follow up. >> reporter: it forced her to
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become more vigilant. >> it can happen to you. that's all i can say. it can map to you. >> she was able to get hurl credit line back, but she's still working to get her credit score back to where it was. these guys are really integrated. your bills and the credit reporting agencies are very close together. >> pretty nightening. >> yikes. >> thanks, liz. we still have no on the ground and are keeping eyes on the roads. >> veronica johnson here with another look ahead to tomorrow's snowstorm. veronica? the secondary roads, the sheltered roads, overpasses as well for tomorrow. it will take it a while before we'll see any melting. and then another storm system, too, bringing more snow to our area during the afternoon. i wanted to start by showing you the amounts we're talking about. between 1 and 2 inches of
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snowfall, a prit broad area, westminster up to the north. gaithersbu gaithersburg, montgomery county, down through culpepper, quantico, slightly huer amounts where we could see in excess of 2 inches of snowfall. areas through annapolis, ft. washington and prince george's county, right down into lexington park, st. mary's areas around calvert, too, could see slightly huer amounts of snow, too. and into the higher ridges off to our west, west virginia as well seeing higher amounts. all new snow into the area betweenic 2:00 and 3:00 p.m., probably most of in satan down could see lingers snow, it would be light, powdery against, and again higher amounts near the bay. for tonight, icy, look at this, 12 degrees, prince william county, that's one of the areas with some of the high snowfall
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totals, same thing over in stafford, where that temperature drops to 15 degrees. tomorrow morning we're at 18 to 19 degrees. icy spots, the forecast warming up this weekend, above freezing. >> veronica, thank you. the top trending story online today, the first on-camera interview with manti te'o. >> yes. >> i'll do my best, um, yeah. so get your rest and i'll talk to you tomorrow. i love you so much, sweet dreams. >> a new twist in the hoax scandal, football player manti te'o released that voice mail during a taped interview. he says it's the voice of a woman he met online, but never existed. he says he's still not sure whose voice he actually heard. subway restaurant has growing problems. complaints that the chain's foot-long sandwiches don't measure up. that complaint now stretches from the u.s. all the way to
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australia, across the internet into court. last week an australian teenager measured his foot long to only 11 inches. that story went viral. this week lawsuits were filed. subway says tonight that foot long is a descriptive name for the sandwich, not a measurement in length. a police officer sworn to protect and serve is now on trial for mushed. would el go live to culpepper virginia for new details on what witnesses say happened when bullets started flying in a parking lot. a news conference just wrapped up. we'll have new details about the
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a crucial witness tonight the tapped today in the murder trial of a former culpepper police officers. he's accused of shooting a woman to death in her suv. today's main witness saw and heard it all happen. news4 as northern virginia bureau reporter david cull remember is live from culpepper circuit cord with details on what she had to say today. david? >> reporter: yeah, jim, the prosecution wasted no time today. they got through their eight final witnesses before finally resting their case. among those witnesses, the woman who first called police on patricia cook. she was standing feet away as the deadly shooting played out.
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ann skyler sad on the witness stapt, the office manager of epiphany catholic school, the site where the shooting happened. she also called police after confronting patricia cook in the school parking lot. she received that he walked up to cook's jeep window, cook had her head back resting her eyes. when she noticed skyler, she rolled down her window. skyler testified that she asked cook, quote, can i help you? she said cook responded no the skyler responded, this is scoot and private superiority. if you don't have business here, i'm going to ask you to move on. skyler claims that cook rolled up her window. that is when she called police. she testified she could hear harmon wright asking for the license, when she saw the car pull away, when sell said stops, jumping onto the running board at one point when she heard the shot. skyler testified i never had the
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impression she was stepping on the accelerator to exit the parking lot, referring to cook. when asked if she saw the officer stuck in the window, dragged or in any way of the path of the jeep, skyler responded no. now, even after all of today's testimony, what still remains unclear, what was patricia cook doing in that school parking lot. during her testimony, ann skyler alluded to a past incident involving cook and the school, but the prosecutor quickly jumped in and objected, the judge agreed. meantime, susan whitlock also granted the prosecutor's request to bring the jury to the scene of that deadly shooting. that will happen tomorrow morning at 9:30. we of course will be here for it. live in culpepper, virginia, i'm david cull remember, news4. right now at 6:00, tonight one local school district has already canceled classes for tomorrow as another systes

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